When you head out to stock the wine rack, what's the price sweet spot that draws you in, makes you feel like you're getting a good deal, but still feels like you've got a quality bottle of wine in your hand? It's a tricky dance, finding that spot. What are the factors at play … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2012
Lavender Festival? How Can You Possibly Have Fun at One of Those?
I’ll just go ahead and say it…I think lavender is cool and all, but a festival? Just because it doesn’t float my boat doesn’t mean it doesn’t float other boats. Annie and I went down and checked out the Lavender Festival in the Paso Robles Downtown Park about a week ago … [Read more...]
Clayhouse Wines: Red, White, and Pink
Not necessarily in that order though!! We recently were sent some samples from Clayhouse Winery and we obliged by sampling them. The lineup consisted of some great stuff! … [Read more...]
Chardonnay Symposium: Chardonnay Lovers Unite
You’ll be happy to know that we did; unite in Chardonnay, that is. In our first post on the Chardonnay Symposium we covered the seminar that we went to, which led into the Grand Tasting. The whole experience was pretty awesome. That first post also contained a video of Annie … [Read more...]
Tablas Creek Winery: Let’s Not Talk About The Wine
Well, we’ll say a little something about the wine but I think there’s a bigger thing at play that is not discussed enough. So, about the wine…it’s awesome. We love Rhone wines and Tablas Creek is producing some absolutely amazing Rhone wines. Annie and I love Rhone whites (reds … [Read more...]
Springside Restaurant: New Food Spot (New to Us) Adventure #23
Heard of Springside Restaurant? Well, we recently checked this place out for breakfast one Saturday morning and it’s quite charming. It sits right on the corner of Spring St. (hence the name Springside) and 17th in Paso Robles, and it boasts a good sized outdoor patio. The patio … [Read more...]
TastingRoom.com: I Wish I Would Have Thought of That
TastingRoom.com recently sent us a package of their 50ml tasting bottles called “Everyday Roses”. I think these “tasting kits” are a perfect thing for both the consumer and the wineries. The consumer benefits by being able to taste different wines and then picking the … [Read more...]
Adventure 22: Elephant Seals, Wine, Beer, and Food!
A week or so back we decided to go coastal, which is much better than going postal…just sayin’! We decided to adventure over to Cambria and check out the elephant seals. We hadn’t seen them in a year or two and to be honest, we weren’t necessarily missing them, we just get a … [Read more...]
Small Town 4th of July Celebration, 2012
There’s something very “Americana” and patriotic about 4th of July in a small town. I can’t really pinpoint why that is, maybe you have some thoughts you can share about that, but I think there is this non-commercial innocence or purity about it. I also love our local community … [Read more...]
Adventure #21 – Something Funny Happened on the Way Home From The Chardonnay Symposium
I dislike long titles but this is an adventure, and against my better judgment I left it…so there. There was actually nothing funny that happened at all on the way home from the Chardonnay Symposium we went to recently. Regardless of this we needed an adventure and … [Read more...]